Syria claims it brought down US surveillance plane
The United States conducted seven air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria and 12 strikes along with coalition members in Iraq, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. (Inform/NDN)
March 17, 2015 - 1:17 pm
U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on Islamic State targets in Syria and Iraq on Monday and Tuesday. (Screengrab/Inform)
BEIRUT — Syria’s state news agency SANA said on Tuesday its air defenses brought down a U.S. surveillance plane in the coastal province of Latakia.
“Syrian air defenses brought down a hostile U.S. surveillance plane in northern Latakia,” SANA said in a bulletin, without giving further details.
It was the first such incident since the U.S.-led coalition began carrying out air strikes against the hardline militant Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria last summer.
